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Teller County Sheriff’s Agreement With ICE Violates New Colorado State Law, ACLU Lawsuit Alleges

But six Teller County residents in conjunction with the ACLU of Colorado say that’s a violation of state law and the Colorado Constitution. The ACLU filed a lawsuit Thursday in Teller County District Court, asking a judge to stop the county from enacting an agreement, known as the 287(g), with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Federal regulations say the agreements must be consistent with …


Sandals Resorts ‘Operated Tax Fraud Scheme by Charging Guests 12% Tax Rates but Pocketed the Cash’

Sandals Resorts has been hit with a massive lawsuit over claims the company worked in concert with local Caribbean governments in a decades-long tax fraud scheme, according to court papers obtained by DailyMail.com. Sandals Resorts has been hit with a massive lawsuit over claims the company worked in concert with local Caribbean governments in a decades-long tax fraud scheme, DailyMail.com has …


Lawsuit Challenges Initiative That Would Ban Safe Consumption Sites

A new lawsuit seeks to stop an initiative banning safe consumption sites across King County from ever appearing on a King County ballot. Protect Public Health, a new nonprofit started by “public health experts and family members who have lost loved ones to overdose,” filed a lawsuit today arguing Initiative …


Ag Nuisance Lawsuit Provision Appears Dead in Minnesota Legislature

The Minnesota Pork Producers Association has been supporting the Ag Nuisance Lawsuit provision in the omnibus Ag Policy bill at the Minnesota Legislature. In a nutshell, the Ag Nuisance provision would protect a pork producer from lawsuits if it had been in operation for two years and was in compliance with all its permits. If the operation was expanded by more than 25 percent, the two-year …


Seattle Springs Lawsuit Over Sanctuary Cities

On Monday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions doubled-down on the Trump administration’s threat to remove funding to sanctuary jurisdictions. Several mayors and prosecutors across the country have reported in recent months that undocumented immigrants are increasingly avoiding law enforcement, …


Sacramento Joins Federal Lawsuit Challenging Trump’s ‘sanctuary City’ Threat

The city of Sacramento has joined a lawsuit seeking to block the Trump administration’s threat to cut federal funding to cities and counties that do not help authorities enforce immigration law. Sacramento is one of 34 “sanctuary cities” around the country joining a lawsuit filed last month by Santa Clara County. Los Angeles, Chicago, Minneapolis, Oakland, Berkeley, Santa Ana and Denver are …


Now Ohio Schools Must Decide Transgender Bathroom Issue After Lawsuit Dropped

It’s now up to individual Ohio school districts to decide which restroom and shower facility their transgender students should use. A federal lawsuit has been dismissed upon a request by Ohio and the nine other states that went to court over a May directive from the administration of former President Barack Obama saying schools should allow transgender students to use the facilities of the …



1,700 Flint Residents File Lawsuit Against U.S. Government

Sydney Robinson More than 1,700 residents of Flint, Michigan, are seeking legal compensation in a class-action lawsuit against the U.S. government for the handling of the lead water crisis in their city. The litigation has been a long time coming for a community that has suffered well over two years with poisoned water and for most of that time, the state and federal government denied there was …


Lawsuit: Texas Border County Is Rigging Election for Tax Hike

Two community leaders have filed a lawsuit seeking to stop Texas border officials from pushing for the creation of a new tax jurisdiction on some of the poorest Texans via allegedly questionable election procedures. As Breitbart Texas previously reported, local Democrats have been pushing for the creation of a new taxing district that would collect …